Symphony 4

dedicated to André Cluytens

Opus 61

History

• Legley worked on this symphony from December 1963 to April 1964 in Woluwe and La Gaude.
• The work was commissioned by the Rijksuniversiteit Gent (Ghent University) for the Festival van Vlaanderen 1964.
• First performance on 29 August 1964 in the Royal Opera in Ghent by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by André Cluytens.

Music

• instrumentation: symphony orchestra
• duration: ca 25'

Parts

• I. Allegro
  • time signature: 3/4
• II. Andante
  • time signature: 4/8
• III. Theme with variations
  • Theme
    • tempo: Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Var. I
    • tempo: Più tranquillo e pesante
    • time signature: 3/4
  • Var. II
    • tempo: Allegro
    • time signature: 4/4
  • Var. III
    • tempo: Tempo di Valse
    • time signature: 3/4
  • Var. IV
    • tempo: Allegro con fuoco
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Var. V
    • tempo: Presto
    • time signature: 4/4
  • Var. VI
    • tempo: Tempo du début
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Allegro con fuoco
    • time signature: 2/4

Sources

• autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4033
• first edition (study score): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1966